Finneran v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The decision to grant or deny a petition for leave to serve a late notice of claim rests in the sound discretion of the Supreme Court upon consideration of the relevant factors enumerated in General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) (see, Matter of Guarneri v Town of Oyster Bay, 224 AD2d 695). The court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the petition as against the appellant New York City Housing Authority (hereinafter the Housing Authority). The petitioner offered only a conclusory and unpersuasive excuse for failing to file a notice of claim until nearly two months beyond the…
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